05/08/2026
Photo of the Day
Credit: Paul McCLure
San Juan Mountains, Colorado
Back in June 2017 myself and another photographer spent three nights camping in the San Juan Mountains around Silverton, Colorado photographing the Milky Way with different foregrounds. On this particular night we camped on a small piece of BLM land next to a ghost town at 11,000 feet. At 9:30, when we could easily see the Milky Way from our campsite, we packed up our gear and hiked up to the town.
My photography gear included a Sony a7R2 with a 14mm f/2.8 lens, a flash, a tripod, and a small, adjustable panel light with a stand. Once we got there, she went her way and I went mine. Eventually we both ended up at this house, where she could take advantage of my panel light, and I could appreciate the light that she placed inside.
That was a very quiet, peaceful and spooky night where the Milky Way was hard to miss while the glowing eyes in the distant dark kept getting closer and closer to us. Eventually the deer were within 100 feet, curious what 2 odd humans were doing in their nice little ghost town.
After a couple hours, we finally called it a night and hiked back down to our campsite. Where I took a few more Milky Way photos, before climbing in the back of my truck, hoping that the photos looked as good on my computer, as they looked on my cameras display
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